Posts by Ken Herman
Pérez and Guerrero Triumph in Ecstatic Concert of Opera Favorites and Traditional Mexican Romantic Music
Wednesday night’s formidable San Diego Opera concert “One Amazing Night” at the Balboa Theatre featured soprano Ailyn Pérez, tenor Joshua Guerrero, and pianist Abdiel Vázquez, although “One Amazing Night” was more like “One Incendiary Night,” or “One Stupendous Night,” or “One Impassioned Night.”
Read MoreClassical Guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas Returns to the La Jolla Music Society
Accomplished Spanish classical guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas brought a substantial solo guitar program to The Conrad Saturday, December 7, for the La Jolla Music Society.
Read MoreWei Luo Makes Impressive Debut with San Diego Symphony in Prokofiev Third Piano Concerto
Conductor Laureate Jahja Ling made another felicitous visit to the San Diego Symphony podium Friday, December 6, bringing a robust program of Dvořák and Prokofiev to Copley Symphony Hall. Young Chinese pianist Wei Luo made her impressive San Diego debut giving a riveting, muscular account of Serge Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto in C Major.
Read MoreJazz Pianist and Vocalist Champian Fulton Champions the Songs of Billie Holiday
Master jazz pianist and vocalist Champian Fulton ruled the Copley Symphony Hall stage Saturday in her sizzling program Lady Day: A Tribute to Billie Holiday.
Read MoreJoshua Guerrero Brings His Passion and Golden Tenor Voice to San Diego Opera’s One Amazing Night
San Diego Opera will present Joshua Guerrero and soprano Ailyn Pérez in “One Amazing Night,” a concert slated for Wednesday, December 11, at the Balboa Theatre. Here is my interview with the lauded Mexican-American tenor.
Read MoreG.W. Pabst’s ‘Pandora’s Box’ and Organist Russ Peck Mark 90 Years at the Fox Theatre
To celebrate the 90th birthday of the Fox Theatre, now the Jacobs Music Center’s Copley Symphony Hall, JD Smith, curator of silent films for the symphony, chose “Pandora’s Box,” a film released in 1929, the year the Fox opened. Russ Peck, the series’ regular silent film organist, provided his reliably exhilarating and beautifully tailored accompaniment to this classic silent film.
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